Temptation of Man

1604

Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Artist, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

Jan Pietersz Saenredam

Publisher, Dutch, 1565 - 1607

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Ailsa Mellon Bruce Fund

  • Dimensions

    plate: 27.5 x 19.9 cm (10 13/16 x 7 13/16 in.)
    sheet: 29.6 x 22.3 cm (11 5/8 x 8 3/4 in.)

  • Accession

    1994.50.3

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Hollstein, no. 3, State i/iii

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Private collection (indistinct armorial mark); Jan Baptist de Graaf, Amsterdam [1742-1804] (Lugt 1120); Heinrich Schwarz, Vienna (Lugt 1372); (sale, Sotheby's, New York, 12 May 1994, lot 172); (David Tunick, New York); purchased by NGA, 1994.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1995

  • Recent Acquisitions of Works of Art on Paper, National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1995.

Bibliography

1949

  • Hollstein, F.W.H. et al. German engravings, etchings and woodcuts ca. 1400-1700. 8 vols. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberger, 1954-1868. Dutch and Flemish etchings, engravings and woodcuts, ca. 1450-1700. Vols. I-XV, XVIII, XIX. Amsterdam: Menno Hertzberge

Inscriptions

lower right in plate: A. Bloemaert inue. / J. Saenredam sculp. / 3; four line Latin text across bottom in plate: Ambitiosa ... fructus.; by later hand, lower center verso in graphite: DTTC

Watermarks

divided shield with bend (Briquet 1075)

Wikidata ID

Q75125281

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